{"id":94020,"date":"2025-08-19T09:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/94020\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:58:10","slug":"report-browns-might-not-sign-rb-quinshon-judkins-until-nfl-investigation-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/94020\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Browns might not sign RB Quinshon Judkins until NFL investigation ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, Browns running back Quinshon Judkins <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/quinshon-judkins-could-still-face-a-suspension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">could still be suspended<\/a>, even though he won\u2019t face criminal charges arising from recent allegations of domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reports that the Browns and the 36th overall pick in the 2025 draft <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1957497130261835879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">have yet to reach an agreement<\/a>. They possibly won\u2019t until the NFL has concluded its internal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This implies that an investigation will happen, which is normal practice even when criminal charges aren\u2019t pursued. The league uses a lower standard of proof. If the alleged victim cooperates with the NFL\u2019s investigation, the league could decide that Judkins violated the Personal Conduct Policy and impose a suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The other complicating factor is that Judkins is in line for a fully-guaranteed contract, given that the players taken before and after him received fully-guaranteed deals. The Browns may want to include separate protections in the four-year contract, in light of the post-draft incident.<\/p>\n<p>Judkins\u2019s only leverage at this point is to sit out the season and re-enter the draft. If he doesn\u2019t sign a contract until next year, would any suspension be served based on games missed this year? That\u2019s another natural question arising from this unusual situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yes, Browns running back Quinshon Judkins could still be suspended, even though he won\u2019t face criminal charges arising&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-94020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}